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Motorsport TV has of December 1, 2017 become a free-to-air channel on satellite. Encryption on satellite has now been removed in time for live coverage of the Autosport Awards 2017 on Sunday 3rd December at 20:30 UK time. Motorsport.tv UK is not currently available on Freeview or YouView. The channel experimented with these platforms to […]

The two Discovery-owned channels Quest+1 and Quest Red+1 are now available free-to-air on satellite. Quest and Quest Red were launched on Freesat channels 167 and 169 this summer. Spaces were left on the Freesat EPG to allow the +1 channels to be placed next to the primary channels. The +1 channels are expected to join […]

FreeSports, the new free-to-air sports channel launching on August 31, has confirmed that it will be available on Freesat. Premier Sports and the former Setanta UK service, has confirmed that the channel will be on Freesat channel 252. The channel will also be available on Sky 424 and Freeview / YouView (BT/TalkTalk) channel 95. The […]

Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, has announced that UKTV’s Dave and Home have launched on the platform effective immediately. Dave is available on channel number 157, with Home on channel number 166. Dave is one of the UK’s most-watched non-PSB channels and hosts a mix of comedy and reality shows, including new and […]

UK TV coverage of the world’s most prestigious cycle race has been secured by ITV. The Tour de France will be shown by ITV until 2023 in a new rights deal announced to coincide with coverage of this year’s event on ITV4. The new deal covers live coverage and highlights. ITV took over highlights of […]

Freesat today announces strong growth in the twelve months to 30 March 2017, with 904,000 devices sold – an increase of 90% year on year – benefiting from the continuing popularity of smart and UHD televisions. Freesat’s customer base continues to thrive with 58,000 new homes added over the course of the financial year. This […]

Coverage sees the return of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix to free-to-air TV for the first time in five years. Channel 4 also retains live coverage of the 2017 Formula 1 British Grand Prix and the season finale with the 2017 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Channel 4 today confirmed the ten […]

Eurosport today confirms that it will be the exclusive home of the Olympic Games in Germany from 2018-2024, beginning with the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Dedicated German production team to deliver outstanding free-to-air coverage Never miss a moment with live and on-demand action on all devices, anytime and anywhere Ultimate Games experience for fans […]

4Music has been spotted testing free-to-air on satellite today. The channel is one of the last major Freeview channels that is not available as a free-to-air channel on satellite and its conversion into a free-to-air service is long awaited by music lovers. Its sister channels, including The Box, went free-to-air on satellite three and half […]

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has said it will make its Sky Sports News HD channel freely available to viewers from December. Sky Sports News HD launched in December 2011 as the first 24-hour sports news channel in Germany and Austria. Under the change, it will become freely available across all platforms in the two […]

At around 10:20 (UK) this morning, encryption on satellite was removed from Channel 5 HD. The channel will join Freeview on channel 105 and Freesat tomorrow. Channel 5 have not made any announcements on the channel becoming free-to-air at present.

UKTV is moving its Home channel from pay to free TV, replacing Dave Ja Vu (the Dave +1 channel) on the UK digital terrestrial platform, which will move to a new, as yet unspecified, free TV slot. The Scripps Networks Interactive and BBC Worldwide owned channels group said the homes and garden service will launch […]